Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:07:28 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Cc: Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org>, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Deprecating ftpd in the FreeBSD base system? Message-ID: <20200917170728.GA35842@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <4d2c3d9dd633ed9a264cf3675dcbb4386f11ada3.camel@freebsd.org> References: <CAPyFy2BHki84KuzP94AqTLk7v9FTAnLP-sa4HaFLq0kdxt0dEQ@mail.gmail.com> <202009171404.08HE4fZj007939@slippy.cwsent.com> <CALH631n=MEvoS%2B3qOo9nM6-VXYW85jVxv1ih1w=7kfW6E0feag@mail.gmail.com> <4d2c3d9dd633ed9a264cf3675dcbb4386f11ada3.camel@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 09:01:57AM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote: > On Thu, 2020-09-17 at 18:43 +0400, Gleb Popov wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 6:05 PM Cy Schubert < > > Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> > > wrote: > > > > > I've been advocating removing FTP (and HTTP) from libfetch as well. > > > People > > > should be using HTTPS only. > > > > > > > Isn't this a bit too much? I often find myself in need to download > > something starting with "http://" or "ftp://" and use fetch for this. > > > > Indeed, we have products which rely on this ability in libfetch and we > have to keep supporting them for many many years to come. > > I hate it when someone imperiously declares [For security reasons] > "People should/shouldn't be using ______". You have no idea what the > context is, and thus no ability to declare what should or shouldn't be > used in that context. For example, two embedded systems talking to > each other over a point to point link within a sealed device are not > concerned about man in the middle attacks or other modern internet > threats. > +1 My small FreeBSD-based HPC cluster is deattached from the internet. -- Steve
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